dwm - dynamic window manager

dwm is an extremely fast, small, and dynamic window manager for X.

Installation

$ make
$ sudo make install
$ make clean

And add to .xinitrc

...
exec dwm
...

Configuration

The configuration of dwm is done by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source code.

Screenshots

Desktop with terminals

File manager and terminal

• Taglist
• Change tiling mode(button)
• List open windows
• System status CPU Load, volume info(icon change when headphones plugged), battery info(when battery level change, icon change too), memory info, free space on SSD, how many updates available, calendar, time and keyboard layout.
• System tray
• Notification system - Dunst

My Keybindings

The MODKEY is set to the Super key (Windows key)

Keybinding	Action
Alt + F2	opens run launcher (dmenu is the run launcher but can be easily changed)
MODKEY + Enter	opens terminal (st is the terminal but can be easily changed)
MODKEY + SHIFT + c	closes window with focus
MODKEY + SHIFT + q	quits dwm
MODKEY + j	focus stack +1 (switches focus between windows in the stack)
MODKEY + k	focus stack -1 (switches focus between windows in the stack)
MODKEY + SHIFT + j	rotate stack +1 (rotates the windows in the stack)
MODKEY + SHIFT + k	rotate stack -1 (rotates the windows in the stack)
MODKEY + h	setmfact -0.05 (decreases window width)
MODKEY + l	setmfact +0.05 (increases window width)
MODKEY + t	tiling mode
MODKEY + f	floating mode
MODKEY + m	monocle mode
MODKEY + g	grid mode

Patches

1. alpha
2. attachaside
3. autostart
4. cyclelayouts
5. fancybar
6. gridmode
7. selfrestart
8. rotatestack
9. statuspadding
10. systray
11. uselessgap